Musician plays for PP fundraiser
Regina Spektor, an up and coming musician, has decided to play for Planned Parenthood's third annual Roe on the Rocks benefit in Manhattan (New York City). Spektor is making a big move in the wrong direction by promoting PP. Why does a musician or anyone else in the entertainment industry support PP and abortion when it results in murdering a quarter of their potential customers?
We are not surprised that PP is celebrating Roe v. Wade, nor that PP is referring to a decision to decriminalize abortion as a style of serving a drink. Please contact Regina Spektor and let her know that you will no longer buy or listen to her music because of her support for PP.
PP promotes adoption? Don't buy it!
Planned Parenthood of Indiana is trying to convince the public that it strongly supports adoption. It has even gone so far as to claim that it believes that adoption is "a viable option and there are many choices." Why are we skeptical about PP's latest publicity stunt? Simply put, PP is not in the adoption business; it is in the abortion and contraception business. PP not only has nothing to gain from adoption, it has a lot to lose. This is merely a way for PP to try to divert attention from its abortion business. According to PP's latest annual report, in 2006 it committed 289,750 abortions and referred 2,410 women for adoption. That is 120 abortions for every one adoption referral. It is clear where PP's counseling leads women.
We ask our readers to help spread the message of what PP truly is and that it does not genuinely support adoption. It is thus appropriate to end this story with a hypocritical statement made by Betty Cockrum, PPIN's president and CEO, "A woman who chooses adoption will be responsible for providing a lifetime of happiness to a family." PP, the nations' largest abortion chain, looks at a child as being a source of happiness? Talk about being two-faced!
Texas bill requires ultrasound before abortion
Planned Parenthood is fighting a bill in Texas that calls for all women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound, listen to the baby's heartbeat and see images of her baby at least two hours before the scheduled murder of her innocent child. PP realizes that once a woman sees her child for what he or she truly is - a human being - it will probably be more difficult for her to abort her preborn baby. However, PP is smarter than to admit that it doesn't want to lose profits. So, why is PP opposed? Here is what PP "claims" to dislike about the proposed legislation: "None of this sounds horrible, but when you look more at the big picture, it's really telling women, you're really maybe not smart enough to make this decision on your own."
We have received credible reports that PP will sometimes ensure that its sonograms are out of focus so that the women see blurred images. It simply does not want them to face the truth. We know that PP is fighting this bill to avoid losing customers and so that it can continue committing abortions, which account for one-third of its total clinic income. Please pray that this small step toward saving a child's life is passed in Texas!
TAW is fast approaching
Rock for Life, American Life League's youth outreach project, is now accepting registrations for the 2009 Training and Activism Week and Personhood Conference, which is RFL's ninth annual Training and Activism event. This year's event takes place January 21-23, 2009 at the Liaison Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C.
The event will include marching with hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers at the 36th annual March for Life, meeting and networking with young pro-lifers from all over the country, receiving training from experienced, successful veteran pro-life activists, hitting the streets of D.C. for activism, and much more.
This year, ALL will also host a Personhood Conference, featuring speakers such as Mrs. Judie Brown, president and cofounder of ALL; Lila Rose, cofounder of Live Action Films and editor of the Advocate, UCLA's pro-life student magazine; Kristi Burton, founder of Colorado for Equal Rights; and David Bereit, national campaign director for 40 Days for Life.
The cost is only $50 per person per night. Registration forms and more information can be found at www.rockforlife.org/taw.
STOPP in Michigan
On October 30, Marie Hahnenberg, a researcher for ALL and member of the STOPP department, was the keynote speaker at Cheboygan Right to Life's dinner in Cheboygan, Michigan. About 300 attended and were able to hear Marie explain how the contraceptive mentality has contributed to many serious problems we face today and Planned Parenthood's role in promoting it.
Marie described PP's effort to push sex onto our young people, with the intention of acquiring more customers and killing more children. She encouraged her audience to help defund PP by signing the Stop Planned Parenthood Tax Funding petition, participate in regularly scheduled protests outside of PP facilities and investigate whether PP is present in their public schools. Marie also encouraged young audience members to choose a life of chastity. She said, "It involves things like what you wear, how you act, what you say - truly living it out - waiting [until marriage] to have sex, for your future spouse. It's a beautiful thing, and it is possible. I can do it, and many, many, many other young people are living the life of chastity right now."
If you are interested in having Marie or any of our other pro-life experts speak in your area, please e-mail Marie at mhanenberg@all.org or STOPP at stopp@all.org
Stop FOCA and PFA
For the last two weeks, we have brought you information on the Freedom of Choice Act and the Prevention First Act. Both of these Planned Parnthood-inspired pieces of legislation need to be stopped.
American Life League has created a petition allowing you to register your displeasure with these bills and let your elected officials know how you feel. Please go to www.stopp.org/agenda and sign the petition. In addition, please ask all of your friends and everyone on your e-mail lists to sign it.
We must be ready to combat FOCA and PFA on January 1, 2009. A large number of signatures on this petition will help us do that.
Georgia PP affiliate loses over $400,000
Planned Parenthood in Fulton County, Georgia lost $420,000 in state funding this year. This is the second story we have brought to you recently concerning PP's loss of funding in various parts of the country. Moreover, it is not the only story of its kind in this week's Wednesday STOPP Report. When asked why PP lost funding, Commissioner Steve Mercier responded, "It's not political. They don't need the money."
Mr. Mercier could not be more correct. PP does not and never has needed taxpayer funds to stay afloat. The nation's largest abortion business is currently holding $1 billion in assets. Please continue to spread the message that we must keep PP from receiving any more of the taxpayers' money. Click here to sign the petition to defund PP and send it on to all your closest family and friends. Thank God for our victory against PP in Georgia.
Our plan works in Corpus Christi
On Tuesday, November 18, we received a call from Therese of South Texas STOPP (P.O. Box 8637, Corpus Christi, TX 78468). Therese and her group of dedicated pro-lifers had just returned from a Corpus Christi City Council meeting, at which the council voted unanimously to deny Planned Parenthood $30,000 in taxpayer money.
Therese told us, "I just had to call and let you know your plan works! We did everything just the way you said and we won! Thank you."
On February 15, ALL vice president Jim Sedlak, and ALL's Rock for Life director, Erik Whittington, traveled to Corpus Christi to give pro-life talks and attend a daylong Rock for Life event sponsored by the local RFL chapter. During that visit, the pro-lifers asked how they could stop taxpayer funding of PP.
We described, in detail, our plan to defeat public funding of PP. It is section three of our overall Plan for Defeating Planned Parenthood, which can be found here. The plan provides a 31-step process, which begins with explaining how to obtain information on PP's funding in your local area and then describes how to activate the community to get funding taken away from PP.
Of course, the real thanks for this victory go first to God and then to the dedicated people of Corpus Christi, who painstakingly executed the plan and brought about victory in a very difficult situation. They overcame many obstacles and are still fighting to stop other taxpayer money from going to PP in the community. They are also following our plan to get PP out of the local schools.
If you want to successfully fight PP in your community, read the plan at the link above. Jim Sedlak is willing to travel to your community to help get things organized. Just contact him at jsedlak@all.org.
Baby saved outside of PP facility
One of the most wonderful gifts that God gives those who fight to defend the most defenseless in the womb is news that we have saved a child. Here is a story about a child whose life was saved through prayer in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion mill.
"This little miracle was saved on Holy Saturday in front of Planned Parenthood on Miramar Road in San Diego. His name is Jaden, and he was born on Oct. 5.
"As she drove with her brother to get an abortion on Holy Saturday, Jaden's mother asked God to send her a sign if she should not go through with it. When she saw the prayer group and spoke with those at the driveway, she knew that this was her intervention. She is so grateful to all who were there.
Jaden is one of the eight babies saved on Good Friday evening and Holy Saturday morning at the abortion mill. Liz Dubenetky of Life Choices in Poway was praying at the mill that morning and was able to speak with and help the mother of this baby. Two saves on that day were due to the efforts of the pro-life Catholic security guard on duty that day after the prayer warriors had left."
Thank God for all those who have been saved through our presence at abortion mills. Please continue to picket and know that you may save a child's life and never even know about it. We do this for God and the preborn, not personal gratification. Keep fighting.
Happy Thanksgiving!
All of us at American Life League wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving. You receive this weekly report because you are one of those on the front lines in the fight against Planned Parenthood. We encourage you to take a few moments today to reflect on the fact that there are many people all across the nation that are alive and celebrating Thanksgiving because of your selfless actions and dedication. May God bless you all!
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